Railway-rail stay.



' No. 854.060. PATENTED MAY 21, 1907. H. H. SPONENBURG.

RAILWAY RAIL STAY.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14. 1907.

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No. 854,060. PATENTED MAY 21, 1907. H. H. SPONENBURG.

RAILWAY RAIL STAY.

APPLIOATIQN IVILED FEB. 14. 1907.

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- PATBNTED MAY 21 1907. H. H. SPONBNBURG.

RAILWAY RAIL STAY.

I APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14. 19 07.

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UNITED STATES PATEN oEEIoE.

I-IIRAM I-I. SPONENBURG, OF WADSWORTH? ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO LAAS & SPONENBURG CO., A CORPORA- TION or ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-RAIL STAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filedI'ebruary 14, 1907. Serial No. 357,394.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, I'IIRAM H. SPONEN- BURG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wadsworthfln the county of Lake and State of Illinois, have invented certain new similar view of a jaw-carrying bar. Fig. 11

, is a similar view showing a modified form of bar and Fig. 12 is a detailsectional plan illustrating this modification.

and useful Improvements in Railroad-Rail Stays, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to railroad rail-stays l to prevent longitudinal creeping of the rail and has for its principal object to provide clamping means adapted to be adjustable to l device, permitting it to be used on.iails of rails having different size flanges.

The device of my invention consists essentially, of a pair of clamping or jaw-carry ing members which embrace the rail flange and which are held clamped thereon by a suitable key or other clamping or wedging means.

The present invention has for its object particularly to so construct one of these members that it maybe connected with the other member by the same key, or equivalent device, but so that the amplitude of the clamp formed by the clamping members shall be different for different weights of rail.

This, manifestly, increases the utility of the very different sizes by simply changing the relationship of the parts and without the sub stitution of different sized parts. To this end, I provide one of the clamping members either with a plurality of rail-engaging de-" vices, differently placed lengthwis of the clamping member, or differently placed engagingdevices for the key, or I may utilize both of these expedients in a single device.

The invention has for a further object to provide such new and improved constructions and arrangements as are shown in the drawings and set forth in the accompanying specification. I 1

The invention, in certain typical embodiments, is illustrated in the accompanying I jaw-carrying'b ck from the inside.

a-perspective'yiew of a key. Fig. 9 i s a sin u drawings, wherein I Figure his a side elevation of one form of stay. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan View.

tion on the line 4+4-of Fig. 5. Fig. is a sectional plan on the line 5 5 of Fig.4. Fig.

6 is a vertlcal sectional view taken at one end of the stay. 7 is an end elevatlon of a Flg. 8 is Fig. 4 is ayertical scc-- formed with a jaw 5 to overlap the rail flange;

; ings.

, Referring particularly to Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, and Figs. 7 to 10, inclusive, 1 represents the rail having the usual flange 2, and 3 the tie. The rail-stay comprises a block 4 The other clamping member consists of a bar 6 extending through a perforation in the block and engaged by a suitable key, or wedging device, 7. In this form of stay, the

bar 6 is provided with a number of rail-engaging jaws which, project from the sides of the bar at different distances from' the end. The bar is shown'as rectangular in cross-section and provided with a jaw on each face. By this arrangement, for example, jaw 8 could be used for say a 75-pound rail, jaw 9 foran -pound rail, jaw 10 for a -pound rail and jaw 11 for a -pound rail. The

bar might,' of course,'ha ve any number-0f sides and be provided witha corresponding number of jaws for different size rails. The

other end of the bar is provided with en aging means for the key. Preferably the ey, designatedby the numeral 12, is bifurcated, as shown at 13,'the end of the bar being provided with slots 14 and 15 to receive one of the leaves of the key. In order to-lock the key, it is driven against wedges, or lugs, 16;

16, on theend of the block 4. I preferably provide two of these lugs so that the key may be put in on either side. I In order to clamp the rail more firmly, the jaw 5 may be recessed and a'gripping-plate 17 of hard iron, and having corrugations 18, may be interposed between the jaw and the face of the rail flange. The perforation in the block 4 is enlarged at its inner end, as shown at 28, so that the bar may have freedom of movement therein. .As the rail tends to creep, it will carry the endof the bar havingwthe jaws up the track, thustightening the gripof the jaws on the rail flange.

In Figs. 6', 11 and 12, Ihave shown a'mo'dified form of bar, showing the engaging means for the key havingldifferent lon itudlnal ponot be essential in all cases.

rail-clamping jaws which are shown as placed in different ositions longitudinally of the bar, althougli this latter arrangement might The jaws are designated by the numerals 19, 20, 21 and 22. The otherend of the bar is reduced at 23 and 24, forming relatively thin, engaging parts, standing at right angles to each other. A

split key 25 engages oneor the other of these parts. Fig. 6 shows a modified form of jaw carrying block 26 c0rresponding to the block 4 in the other figures and provided with lugs 27, 27, against which the end of the wedge 25 is driven to lock the wedge over the end of the bar.

I wish it to be understood that I d'o'not de I plurality of rail engaging devices differently positioned, whereby the stay may be adapted to rails of different size. r

' 2. In a rail-stay, the combination of a pair of clamping members, with means for clamplng the same against the rail flange, one

of said members being provided with a plurality of rail-engaging devices, said rail engaging devices being differently positioned so that one or another may be brought into operative position to accommodate for rails of different size 3,. In a rail-stay, the combination of a pair of clamping members, with means for clamping the same against the rail flange, one of said members being provided with a rigid, rail-engaging device and the other of said members being provided'with a plurality of rail-engaging devices, said rail engaging devices being difl'erently positioned so that one or another may be brought into operative position to accommodate for rails of different size.

4. In a rail-stay, the emnbination of a pair of clamping members, with means for clamping the same against the rail flange, a rigid,

rail-engaging device on-one of said members and a plurality of rigid, rail-engaging devices on the other member, said rail engaging devices being difl'erently positioned so that one or another may be brought into operative position to accommodate for rails of different size.

of clamping members, with means for clamping the same against the rail flange, one of said members being provided with a plurality of rail-engaging devices on different sides thereof, said r'ail engagi g devices being difr 5. I11 a rail-stay, the combination of a pair ferently positioned so that one or another may be brought into operative position to accommodate for rails or different size.

6. In a railstay, the combination of a pair of clamping members, with means for clamping the same against the rail flange; one of said members consisting of a bar slidably engaged with the other member, and one of said members being provided with a pluralwith a plurality of rail-engaging devices arranged on different sides of the bar.

8. In a rail-stay, the combination of a pair of clamping members, with means for cla-mpmgthe same against the rail flange, one of said members consisting of a bar slidably en-' gagcd with the other member and provided with a plurality of rail-engaging devices arranged on different side s-of the bar and at different distances from the end of the bar.

9. In a rail stay, the combination of a block carrying a jaw, with a bar slidably connected therewith and having hereon a plurality of jaws, and a key by means of which the jaws are clamped upon the rail flange, and engaging device for the key corresponding to the several jaws on the bar.

l0. In'a rail-stay, the combination of a block carrying a jaw, with a bar slidably connected therewith and having thereon a plurality of jaws, a key by means of which the jaws are clamped upon the rail flange and engaging devices for the key on the bar corresponding to the several aws on the bar.

11. In a rail-stay, the combination of a block having a jaw, with a bar extending through a perforation in the block, a plurality of jaws on the bar, and a key engaging with the end of the bar and abutting against the block.

12. In a rail-stay, the combination. of a block having a jaw, with abar extending through a perforation in the block, a plurality of jaws 011 different sides of the bar; a key, and a plurality of engaging devices for the key on the bar corresponding to the several jaws.

13. In a rail-stay, the combination of a block having a jaw, with a bar extending through ,a perforation in the block, a plurality of jaws on different sides of the bar,- a

s lit ke and a .lurzflit of en aging devices J h 1 Z for'tlfe key on the bar corresponrling to the several jaws.

14. In arznl-stay, the combination of a block lliLVlIlg a aw, with a bar extending through a perforation in the block, a plural- 'ity' of jaws on different sides of the bar, a split key, a plurality ofengaging deyi'ees for t e key on the bar corresponding to the sew :eral jaws, and means for lockingthe key in 7 position.

v 15.v In a rail stay, the eonebination of a pair of clamping member, with means for clamping the same against the-rail, one of said members having a plurality of ail en;

. fiiiiing devices and-being adapted to?oe set in erei t positions with respect to the other member, so as to bring" any one of said'en-v gagin de "ces; into operative position, where y said stay'may'be applied to rails of i5 difiei'ent sizelsi.

IRAM H. SPONENBURG. Witnesses I "PERCI'VAL H; TRUMAN, 

